Picked up on something….
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — V
rattlesnake_suitcase — 12 years ago(July 02, 2013 11:46 AM)
Watching the first scene of the first V (1983) Original Mini-Series, when Donovan and Tony are in El Salvador trying to escape the helicopter. They are racing a away in a jeep when Donovan says "We could use Tyler now". Hard to pick up but he definitley says it. Interesting, because Tyler doesnt make his first appearance until the Final Battle Mini-Series. Was Tyler a planned character all along? Why was he held back for so long? Just wondering.
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GalacticLaughter — 12 years ago(July 08, 2013 05:12 PM)
I initially thought Donovan said, "I wish we had Ham Tyler now" (after I had seen TFB of course).
But he is actually saying "I wish we had a Tyler mount," which is a rig to hold TV cameras steady.
On a related note, there is a Ham Tyler reference in the El Salvador sequence in the novelization of V (which included both the original and TFB). In the novelization, Donovan sees Tyler in the helicopter. That was likely a liberty being taken by the author of the novel to introduce the character early, as I don't believe the Ham Tyler character had been created at the time they filmed the original mini-series.